The irony is that I threw one in the garbage
about two, or three months ago.



I remember that I was scared as hell when
I discovered that the all-in-one chip was too
weak to save to the tape cassette AND generate
the t.v. picture at the same time. When you'd
save your program to tape, you'd lose the
display and the TV would hiss and throw sparks...

Ahhh... Good thing,  that era is over!

Best,

    S.

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Steven Pigeon, Ph. D.
pig### [at] iroumontrealca

"Dan P" <dan### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
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> "Dave Matthews" <dma### [at] nospamnet> wrote in message
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> >
> >
> > Steven Pigeon wrote:
> > > Bah! Just an extra computer in the basement :p
> > >
> > That reminds me of an old differential equations prof I had years ago,
> > who still, very recently, was doing dynamical systems explorations on a
> > Timex Sinclair in his basement.  He maintained that there was nothing
> > worth doing that he couldn't do on his Sinclair.
> >
> > He'd say, "Yeah, I set it up & check it every few weeks."
> >
> > Very nice picture, by the way!
>
> Well of course -- 2K and membrane keys should be enough for anybody! :-)
>
> --
> - Respectfully,
> Dan
> http://<broken link>
>
>

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"Steven Pigeon" <pig### [at] iroumontrealca> wrote in message
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> The irony is that I threw one in the garbage
> about two, or three months ago.
>


Weird.. I remember 2K. Was it a Timex Sinclair 2000, like I had? Perhaps a
different model?

> I remember that I was scared as hell when
> I discovered that the all-in-one chip was too
> weak to save to the tape cassette AND generate
> the t.v. picture at the same time. When you'd
> save your program to tape, you'd lose the
> display and the TV would hiss and throw sparks...

I used to like to play the tapes just to hear the funky music.

> Ahhh... Good thing,  that era is over!

Yeah. I miss it, though. It was my very first pooter. For some stupid
reason, I managed to drop a piece of metal into the open slot and fried it.
Then, I gave it to my 6th grade teacher (I'm dating myself here) to
demonstrate to the class.

Jerk never gave me an A, though. :-)

-- 
- Respectfully,
Dan
http://<broken link>

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Nice render.  The benefit of having a spare machine  in the basement.

Kinda off topic, but since the musing wrt old PCs came up in this thread, I
have an old PC XT (8088 cpu), in the style I call a "sewing machine", in
that it is a luggable with the keyboard covering the five inch green display
and twin 360 floppies.  Still works fine. Looking for a good home.

Is there any resale market on this antique or, when I go to move, should I
just chuck it out (with care not to chuck out my back simultaneously).
Stephen

direct email is liondog @ shaw * ca



"Steven Pigeon" <pig### [at] iroumontrealca> wrote in message
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> 1664h 27m 31.0 s
>
> Radiosity, photons, dispersion, focal blur, media.
> All the good things.
>
> (I have a desktop-sized render, if you want it,
> just ask)
>
>
>
>
> --
> Steven Pigeon, Ph. D.
> pig### [at] iroumontrealca
>
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>

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e-bay ?

If it's working, you may get some one that
needs one for something we can't think of.
Like a serial port repeater or whatever.

--
Steven Pigeon, Ph. D.
pig### [at] iroumontrealca
"Stephen" <pen### [at] shawca> wrote in message
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> Nice render.  The benefit of having a spare machine  in the basement.
>
> Kinda off topic, but since the musing wrt old PCs came up in this thread,
I
> have an old PC XT (8088 cpu), in the style I call a "sewing machine", in
> that it is a luggable with the keyboard covering the five inch green
display
> and twin 360 floppies.  Still works fine. Looking for a good home.
>
> Is there any resale market on this antique or, when I go to move, should I
> just chuck it out (with care not to chuck out my back simultaneously).
> Stephen
>
> direct email is liondog @ shaw * ca
>
>
>
> "Steven Pigeon" <pig### [at] iroumontrealca> wrote in message
> news:405999fd@news.povray.org...
> > 1664h 27m 31.0 s
> >
> > Radiosity, photons, dispersion, focal blur, media.
> > All the good things.
> >
> > (I have a desktop-sized render, if you want it,
> > just ask)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Steven Pigeon, Ph. D.
> > pig### [at] iroumontrealca
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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